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The health care facility whose motto is “health care for a woman by a woman” is expanding to offer services to men and children as well. Ground was broken on the new facility and staff hopes it will open in about four months.

A Woman’s Place, owned by Nurse Practitioner Lauren Williams, will still do strictly woman’s care: wellness, sick visits, OB care, ultrasounds and infertility, but the new facility that’s being constructed in the back will offer care for the whole family.

While the previous Fanning Springs Chamber of Commerce dissolved some years back, a new group has been started and will hold its first official meeting July 16 at the Lighthouse Restaurant in Fanning. They've had one organizational meeting already, but the next one will involve voting in the board of directors and new officers.

“We want to bring that back,” Fanning Springs Mayor Trip Lancaster said. “We want to highlight the businesses we do have in Fanning.”

When you think of raising livestock, this quiet little corner in University Oaks may not be what you'd expect.

Yet, it is where Bronson's Hot Chicks, co-owned by Misty Shaffstall and Jason Rathay, calls home. Driving up to the three-acre parcel, there is no sign of anything different in the mostly residential area, but a quick stroll around to the back of the home tells a different story. The area is teeming with life from chicks to chickens, turkeys, ducks, quail and even a good size tank of tilapia.

Local Anheuser-Busch distributor, Tri-Eagle Sales, is partnering with local businesses to promote World Environment Day on Friday, June 5 and to make it Tri-Eagle Sales employees will host a Water Clean-Up on Saturday, June 6 at Manatee Springs State Park in Chiefland 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Anheuser-Busch is the manufacturer of Budweiser brand beers and has the famous Clydesdales horse team.

CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion’s regional jobless rate in April dropped by 0.5 percentage point over the month to 6.4 percent and is down 0.7 percent over the year. Out of a labor force of 194,932 there were 12,469 unemployed, a decrease of 918 since March and 1,474 fewer than the same time last year.

Application requirements vary, though registration via the Employ Florida Marketplace (EFM) is required for all three. For complete details, interested job applicants should visit the Events Calendar at www.careersourceclm.com and search for “job fairs.”

Housing statistics for the month of March 2015 have been released by the Research Department of Florida Realtors and they are a mixed bag of goods. However, there's optimism to be found in each county's report.

The jobless rate for the three-county region of Levy, Citrus and Marion counties is continuing to drop, with Levy County leading the way, according to CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion, which tracks such data.

The regional jobless rate in March dropped by 0.3 percentage point over the month to 6.8 percent and is down 1.1 percent over the year. Out of a labor force of 194,747 there were 13,237 unemployed, a decrease of 630 since February and 2,455 fewer than the same time last year.